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Saunders, J. Alston Moffatt, Rev. ^Y. M. Eogers, Dr. Woolverton, Dr. Wilson, Prof. J. 

 H. Bowman, J. Dearness, H. Stevenson, W. Stevenson, D. Arnott, W. Foote, W. 

 Scarrow, and — Wiire, of London. 



The Rev. Dr. Bethune, \Yarden of Trinity College School, Port Hope, President of 

 the Society, took the chair at 8 o'clock. 



The annual report of the Council was read, and upon motion by Rev. T. W. Fyles, 

 seconded by Prof. Bowman, it was adopted and referred to tiie Editing Committee 'for 

 publication. 



REPORT OF THE COUNCIL. 



The Council of the Entomological Society of Ontario beg to present the following 

 report of th' ir proceedings during the past year : — 



They are happy to be able to congratulate the members of the Society upon the large 

 increase in numbers during the past year, and the continued interest that is taken in its 

 vai'ious departments of work. 



The Twenty-First Annual Report on Economic and General Entomology was sent to 

 the Minister of Agriculture in December last, and was printed and distributed in the 

 following April. It consisted of 105 pages, illustrated with 47 wood cuts, and contained 

 many useful and valuable papers. 



The Cayiadian Entomologist has been regularly issued at the beginning of each 

 mouth ; the December number, which will complete the twenty-third volume, is now 

 passing through the press. It is now the oldest publication of the kind in North 

 America, and continues to maintain a high reputation among scientitic entomologists, 

 both from the value and interest of its papers and the eminence of many of its con- 

 tributors. The number of pages has been much increased in the current volume. Nearly 

 every issue has contained from 20 to 2-1: pages, and that tor November extended 

 to no less than Si. The whole volume will consist of over 280 pages, being more than 

 forty in excess of the usual number. 



Over one hundred volumes have been added to the library during the past year, in- 

 cluding a handsome gift of 38 volumes from the President. Among the purchases 

 may be mentioned the valuable work, by Mr. S. H. Scudder, on the Fossil Insects of 

 North America, in two volumes, quarto. 



A large and valuable addition to the cabinet of the Society has been made by the 

 purchase of Mr. J. A. Moflatt's collection of Lepidoptera. 



The following sections of the Society have been in active operation during the past 

 year, viz.: The Botanical, Geological, Microscopical, and Orijithoiogical. The reports of 

 their proceedings are submitted herewith. It is gratifyin* to find that the formation 

 of these sections has proved so successful and that it has led to an increase of our num- 

 bers and the performance of much valuable work. It is earnfjiBtly hoped that all per- 

 sons interested in natural science, in London and the neighbourhood, will become mem- 

 bers of the Society, and take part in the proceedings of one or more of the sections. 



During the month of August important meetings were held at Washington. D.C. 

 The Association of Economic Entomologists was presided over by our Vice-President, 

 Mr. Fletcher, and was the most important, and the best attended, of any hitherto held 

 in North America. A full account of its proceedings will be published in our annual 

 rt port. At the meeting of the Entomological Club of the American Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, Mr. Fletcher acted as our representati^'^,' and has given a report 

 of the papers and discussions in the October and November numbers of the Canadian 

 Eiitomologist. 



